†Tanytermitalis philetaerus Engel and Cai 2021 (termite)
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Insecta - Blattodea - Tanytermitidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel and C. Y. Cai. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: Description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera). Palaeoentomology 4:374-389
Belongs to Tanytermitalis according to M. S. Engel and C. Y. Cai 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP174707, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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